Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving paging message in next generation mobile communication system

ABSTRACT

The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a frequency-division-multiplexed paging message in a next generation mobile communication system.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 16/368,770,filed Mar. 28, 2019, which is based on and claims priority under 35U.S.C. § 119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0035795 filed onMar. 28, 2018, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, thedisclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein in theirentirety

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting andreceiving a paging message in a next generation mobile communicationsystem.

2. Description of Related Art

To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased sincedeployment of 4G communication systems, efforts have been made todevelop an improved 5G or pre-5G communication system. Therefore, the 5Gor pre-5G communication system is also called a ‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a‘Post LTE System’. The 5G communication system is considered to beimplemented in higher frequency (mmWave) bands, e.g., 60 gigahertz (GHz)bands, so as to accomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagationloss of the radio waves and increase the transmission distance, thebeamforming, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), FullDimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, an analog beam forming, largescale antenna techniques are discussed in 5G communication systems. Inaddition, in 5G communication systems, development for system networkimprovement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud RadioAccess Networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D)communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperativecommunication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), reception-endinterference cancellation and the like. In the 5G system, Hybrid FSK andQAM Modulation (FOAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) asan advanced coding modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi carrier(FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and sparse code multipleaccess (SCMA) as an advanced access technology have been developed.

The Internet, which is a human centered connectivity network wherehumans generate and consume information, is now evolving to the Internetof Things (IoT) where distributed entities, such as things, exchange andprocess information without human intervention. The Internet ofEverything (IoE), which is a combination of the IoT technology and theBig Data processing technology through connection with a cloud server,has emerged. As technology elements, such as “sensing technology”,“wired/wireless communication and network infrastructure”, “serviceinterface technology”, and “Security technology” have been demanded forIoT implementation, a sensor network, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M)communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and so forth have beenrecently researched. Such an IoT environment may provide intelligentInternet technology services that create a new value to human life bycollecting and analyzing data generated among connected things. IoT maybe applied to a variety of fields including smart home, smart building,smart city, smart car or connected cars, smart grid, health care, smartappliances and advanced medical services through convergence andcombination between existing Information Technology (IT) and variousindustrial applications.

In line with this, various attempts have been made to apply 5Gcommunication systems to IoT networks. For example, technologies such asa sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), andMachine-to-Machine (M2M) communication may be implemented bybeamforming, MIMO, and array antennas. Application of a cloud RadioAccess Network (RAN) as the above-described Big Data processingtechnology may also be considered to be as an example of convergencebetween the 5G technology and the IoT technology.

SUMMARY

The disclosure provides an apparatus and method for transmitting andreceiving a paging message in a next generation mobile communicationsystem.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there may beprovided a method of a terminal, including receiving, from a basestation, information for a paging frame offset, determining a pagingframe based on the information for the paging frame offset, determiningan index indicating a start of the paging occasion based on a number ofpaging occasions included in the paging frame, and monitoring the pagingoccasion based on the index.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,the method of the terminal including determining the paging frame byusing a following equation 1,(SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N),  [equation 1]

wherein SFN is a system frame number, PF_offset is the paging frameoffset, T is a cycle of a discontinuous reception (DRX), N is a numberof total paging frames in T, and UE_ID is international mobilesubscriber identity (IMSI) mod 1024.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,at least one of the information for the paging frame offset, informationfor the cycle of the DRX, or information for the number of the totalpaging frames is included in a system information block (SIB).

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,a number of paging time slots for the paging occasion is the same as anumber of slots for remaining minimum system information (RMSI).

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,the method of the terminal including determining the index by using afollowing equation 2,i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns,  [equation 2]

wherein i_s is the index, UE_ID is international mobile subscriberidentity (IMSI) mod 1024, N is a number of total paging frames in T, andNs is the number of the paging occasions included in the paging frame.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,information for the number of the paging occasions is included in a SIB.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,the Ns is either 1 or 2, and based on the Ns being 2, a first pagingoccasion is included in a first half frame of the paging frame and asecond paging occasion is included in a second half frame of the pagingframe.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there may beprovided a method of a base station, including transmitting, to aterminal, information for a paging frame offset, and transmitting, tothe terminal, a paging signal including the paging occasion, wherein apaging frame is determined based on the information for the paging frameoffset, and an index indicating a start of the paging occasion isdetermined based on a number of paging occasions included in the pagingframe.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,the paging frame is determined by using a following equation 3,(SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N),  [equation 3]

wherein SFN is a system frame number, PF_offset is the paging frameoffset, T is a cycle of a discontinuous reception (DRX), N is a numberof total paging frames in T, and UE_ID is international mobilesubscriber identity (IMSI) mod 1024.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,at least one of the information for the paging frame offset, informationfor the cycle of the DRX, or information for the number of the totalpaging frames is included in a system information block (SIB).

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,wherein a number of paging time slots for the paging occasion is thesame as a number of slots for remaining minimum system information(RMSI).

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,wherein the index is determined by using a following equation 4,i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns,  [equation 4]

wherein i_s is the index, UE_ID is international mobile subscriberidentity (IMSI) mod 1024, N is a number of total paging frames in T, andNs is the number of the paging occasions included in the paging frame.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,information for the number of the paging occasions is included in a SIB.

Furthermore, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure,the Ns is either 1 or 2, and based on the Ns being 2, a first pagingoccasion is included in a first half frame of the paging frame and asecond paging occasion is included in a second half frame of the pagingframe.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there may beprovided a terminal comprising a transceiver, and a controller coupledwith the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver toreceive, from a base station, information for a paging frame offset,determine a paging frame based on the information for the paging frameoffset, determine an index indicating a start of a paging occasion basedon a number of paging occasions included in the paging frame, andmonitor the paging occasion based on the index.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, thecontroller is further configured to determine the paging frame by usinga following equation 5,(SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N),  [equation 5]

wherein SFN is a system frame number, PF_offset is the paging frameoffset, T is a cycle of a discontinuous reception (DRX), N is a numberof total paging frames in T, and UE_ID is international mobilesubscriber identity (IMSI) mod 1024.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least oneof the information for the paging frame offset, information for thecycle of the DRX, or information for the number of the total pagingframes is included in a system information block (SIB).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a number ofpaging time slots for the paging occasion is the same as a number ofslots for remaining minimum system information (RMSI).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, thecontroller is further configured to determine the index by using afollowing equation 6,i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns,  equation [6]

wherein i_s is the index, UE_ID is international mobile subscriberidentity (IMSI) mod 1024, N is a number of total paging frames in T, andNs is the number of the paging occasions included in the paging frame.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, informationfor the number of the paging occasions is included in a SIB.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the Ns iseither 1 or 2, and based on the Ns being 2, a first paging occasion isincluded in a first half frame of the paging frame and a second pagingoccasion is included in a second half frame of the paging frame.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there may beprovided a base station comprising a transceiver, and a controllercoupled with the transceiver and configured to control the transceiverto transmit, to a terminal, information for a paging frame offset, andcontrol the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, a paging signalincluding a paging occasion, wherein a paging frame is determined basedon the information for the paging frame offset, and an index indicatinga start of the paging occasion is determined based on a number of pagingoccasions included in the paging frame.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pagingframe is determined by using a following equation 7,(SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N),  [equation 7]

wherein SFN is a system frame number, PF_offset is the paging frameoffset, T is a cycle of a discontinuous reception (DRX), N is a numberof total paging frames in T, and UE_ID is international mobilesubscriber identity (IMSI) mod 1024.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least oneof the information for the paging frame offset, information for thecycle of the DRX, or information for the number of the total pagingframes is included in a system information block (SIB).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a number ofpaging time slots for the paging occasion is the same as a number ofslots for remaining minimum system information (RMSI).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the index isdetermined by using a following equation 8,i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns,  [equation 8]

wherein i_s is the index, UE_ID is international mobile subscriberidentity (IMSI) mod 1024, N is a number of total paging frames in T, andNs is the number of the paging occasions included in the paging frame.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, informationfor the number of the paging occasions is included in a SIB.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the Ns iseither 1 or 2, and based on the Ns being 2, a first paging occasion isincluded in a first half frame of the paging frame and a second pagingoccasion is included in a second half frame of the paging frame.

Before undertaking the DETAILED DESCRIPTION below, it may beadvantageous to set forth definitions of certain words and phrases usedthroughout this patent document: the terms “include” and “comprise,” aswell as derivatives thereof, mean inclusion without limitation; the term“or,” is inclusive, meaning and/or; the phrases “associated with” and“associated therewith,” as well as derivatives thereof, may mean toinclude, be included within, interconnect with, contain, be containedwithin, connect to or with, couple to or with, be communicable with,cooperate with, interleave, juxtapose, be proximate to, be bound to orwith, have, have a property of, or the like; and the term “controller”means any device, system or part thereof that controls at least oneoperation, such a device may be implemented in hardware, firmware orsoftware, or some combination of at least two of the same. It should benoted that the functionality associated with any particular controllermay be centralized or distributed, whether locally or remotely.

Moreover, various functions described below can be implemented orsupported by one or more computer programs, each of which is formed fromcomputer readable program code and embodied in a computer readablemedium. The terms “application” and “program” refer to one or morecomputer programs, software components, sets of instructions,procedures, functions, objects, classes, instances, related data, or aportion thereof adapted for implementation in a suitable computerreadable program code. The phrase “computer readable program code”includes any type of computer code, including source code, object code,and executable code. The phrase “computer readable medium” includes anytype of medium capable of being accessed by a computer, such as readonly memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, acompact disc (CD), a digital video disc (DVD), or any other type ofmemory. A “non-transitory” computer readable medium excludes wired,wireless, optical, or other communication links that transporttransitory electrical or other signals. A non-transitory computerreadable medium includes media where data can be permanently stored andmedia where data can be stored and later overwritten, such as arewritable optical disc or an erasable memory device.

Definitions for certain words and phrases are provided throughout thispatent document, those of ordinary skill in the art should understandthat in many, if not most instances, such definitions apply to prior, aswell as future uses of such defined words and phrases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and itsadvantages, reference is now made to the following description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like referencenumerals represent like parts:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the architecture of a next generationmobile communication system;

FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram illustrating the paging timing in thelegacy LTE;

FIG. 2B shows exemplary PF intervals that are determined according tothe value of nB for T=256;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE usingmultiple time slots according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE using a POcomposed of multiple time slots in a radio frame according to anembodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for paging a UEusing multiple time slots according to embodiment 101 of the disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a UE operation according toembodiment 1-1 of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a base station operation according toembodiment 1-1 of the disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a UE accordingto embodiment 1-1 of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a base stationin a wireless communication system according to embodiment 1-1 of thedisclosure;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE usingmultiple time slots in a radio frame according to an embodiment of thedisclosure; and

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a UE operation according to anembodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1 through 11 , discussed below, and the various embodiments usedto describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patentdocument are by way of illustration only and should not be construed inany way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the artwill understand that the principles of the present disclosure may beimplemented in any suitably arranged system or device.

Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and structuresincorporated herein may be omitted to avoid obscuring the subject matterof the disclosure. Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure are describedin detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for paging a terminaleffectively in a beam-based next generation mobile communication systemsupporting an expended frame structure.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the architecture of a next generationmobile communication system.

In reference to FIG. 1 , a radio access network of the next generationmobile communication system includes a new radio Node B (NR NB) 1-10 anda new radio core network (NR CN) 1-05. A new radio user equipment(hereinafter, referred to as “NR UE” or simply “UE”) 1-15 connects to anexternal network via the NR NB 1-10 and the NR CN 1-05.

In FIG. 1 , the NR NB 1-10 corresponds to the evolved Node B (eNB) inthe legacy LTE system. The NR UE 1-15 connects to the NR NB, which mayprovide services superior to those of the legacy eNB. In the nextgeneration mobile communication system where all user traffic is servedthrough shared channels, there is a need of an entity for collectingUE-specific status information (such as buffer status, power headroomstatus, and channel status) and scheduling the UEs based on thecollected information, and the NR NB 1-10 takes charge of suchfunctions. Typically, one NR NB hosts multiple cells. In order to meetthe data rate requirement that is higher than that for legacy LTE, it isnecessary to secure a maximum bandwidth broader than ever before byemploying advanced technologies such as orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) as a radio access scheme and beamforming. It may bepossible to employ an adoptive modulation and coding (AMC) technology todetermine a modulation scheme and a channel coding rate in adaptation tothe channel condition of the UE. The NR CN 1-05 is responsible formobility management, bearer setup, and QoS setup. The NR CN 1-05 isresponsible for other control functions as well as UE mobilitymanagement functions in connection with a plurality of NR NBs. The nextgeneration mobile communication system may interoperate with legacy LTEsystems in such a way of connecting the NR CN 1-05 to a mobilitymanagement entity (MME) 1-25 through a network interface. The MME 1-25is connected to an eNB 1-30 as a legacy LTE base station.

The NR aims to support data rates higher than that of the legacy LTE. Inorder to increase the data rate in the NR, transmission of signals in anultra-high frequency band ranging from a few GHz up to 100 GHz, whichfacilitates securing an ultra-wideband frequency bandwidth, is beingconsidered. Furthermore, securing frequency resources for the nextgeneration mobile communication system through frequency relocation orreassignment in a frequency band ranging from a few hundred MHz to a fewGHz in use by the legacy LTE systems is also being considered.

A radio wave in the ultra-high frequency band has a wavelength of a fewmillimeters and thus is called millimeter wave (mmWave). In the case ofusing the mmWave (i.e., radio wave in the ultra-high frequency band),the cell coverage is reduced because the pathloss of the radio waveincreases in proportion to the frequency band.

As a solution to overcome the shortcomings of the cell coveragereduction caused by use of the ultra-high frequency band, there is afocus on beamforming technology, which increases the propagationdistance of radio waves by concentrating the energies of the radio wavesemitted by multiple antennas into a target position. The beamformingtechnology may be applied at both the transmitter and receiver. Thebeamforming technology gives advantages in reducing interference fromoutside of the beam direction as well as increasing coverage.

As described above, the operation frequency band of the next generationmobile communication system ranges widely from a few hundred MHz up to100 GHz. This makes it difficult with a single frame structure to secureproper signal transmission/reception operations in a channel environmentwith a plurality of frequency bands arranged across the whole ultra-widefrequency band. That is, there is a need to make it possible to transmitand receive signals efficiently using a frame structure configured withsubcarrier spacings defined by reflecting operation frequencyband-specific characteristics. For example, if a signal istransmitted/received with a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz that is in usefor a legacy LTE system in an mmWave band, it is difficult to overcome aperformance degradation caused by a phase noise. That is, in order toovercome the performance degradation caused by the phase noise in anmmWave band, it is preferable to maintain a relatively wide subcarrierspacing. There is therefore a need of employing a scalable framestructure defined to have various subcarrier spacings so as to make itpossible to transmit and receive signals efficiently.

Table 1 shows basic scheduling units available in a radio frameaccording to a subcarrier spacing in an extended frame structure in useby a next generation mobile communication system. As shown in Table 1,the given subcarrier spacing Δf determines a number of OFDM symbols perslot N_(symb) ^(slot), a slot length t_(duration) ^(slot,μ), a number ofslots per subframe N_(slot) ^(subframe,μ), and a number of slots perframe N_(slot) ^(frame,μ). Here, N_(symb) ^(slot) is determinedaccording to a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) that is added to eachsymbol to avoid inter-symbol interference; regardless of the value ofΔf, N_(symb) ^(slot) is fixed to 14 for the case of using a normal CPand 12 for the case of using an extended CP regardless of the value ofΔf, the extended CP being applicable only with the subcarrier spacing of60 kHz.

TABLE 1 Δf = 2^(μ) · Cyclic 15 prefix μ [kHz] (CP) N_(symb) ^(slot)t_(duration) ^(slot, μ) N_(slot) ^(frame, μ) N_(slot) ^(subframe, μ) 015 Normal 14 1 ms 10 1 1 30 Normal 14 0.5 ms 20 2 2 60 Normal,  14, 0.25ms 40 4 Extended 12 3 120 Normal 14 0.125 ms 80 8 4 240 Normal 14 0.0625ms 160 16

Hereinafter, descriptions are made of the paging timing in the legacyLTE system and the method for paging a UE effectively in a beam-basednext generation mobile communication system supporting an extended framestructure with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram illustrating the paging timing in thelegacy LTE.

LTE adopts discontinuous reception (DRX) to enable a UE to save power.In an idle mode, DRX is performed to monitor for a paging signalperiodically rather than always. A UE performs a reception operation toreceive the paging signal from a base station. Because the paging signalis not transmitted so frequently, if the UE performs the receptionoperation even when no paging signal is transmitted, this increasesunnecessary power consumption. In order to reduce the unnecessary powerconsumption, a method is devised, which is called DRX, to perform thereception operation during a predetermined time period at apredetermined interval. In the legacy LTE system, the UEs in the idlestate perform the DRX operation based on the use of Equation 1. A systemframe number (SFN) increases by 1 for every radio frame. If the pagingsignal is received in the radio frame satisfying Equation 1, the UEperforms the reception operation according to the DRX configuration.This radio frame is referred to as a paging frame (PF) 2-05.SFN mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)  <Equation 1>

Here,

SFN: System Frame Number. 10 bits (MSB 8 bits explicit, LBS 2 bitsimplicit)

T: DRX cycle of the UE. Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {rf32, rf64,rf128, rf256}

nB: Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {4T, 2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16,T/32, T/64, T/128, T/256}.

N: min(T,nB)

Ns: max(1, nB/T)

UE_ID: IMSI mod 1024 (IMSI is a unique number assigned to a UE)

A master information block (MIB) that is carried by a physical broadcastchannel (PBCH) includes an SFN of 8 bits. The parameters T and nB areincluded in system information block type 2 (SIB2) being transmitted bythe base station. The value of T may be selected from {rf32, rf64,rf128, rf256} where rf32 corresponds to 32 radio frames. That is, rf32indicates 320 milliseconds (ms). The value of T that is actually appliedto Equation 3 is derived through coordination among the UE, basestation, and mobility management entity (MME). The base station providesthe UE with a default DRX value via SIB as one of system informationblocks it broadcasts. If the UE wants a DRX period shorter than thatindicated by the default DRX value, it may transmit a UE-specific DRXvalue as a desired DRX value to the MME through an ATTACH procedure. Ifit is necessary to page the UE, the MME transmits to the base stationthe UE-specific DRX value received from the UE along with a pagingmessage. The UE determines the smallest value between the UE-specificDRX value transmitted to the MME and the default DRX value received fromthe base station as the DRX period. The base station also determines thesmallest value between the UE-specific DRX value received from the MMEand the default DRX value it is broadcasting as the DRX period for theUE. The DRX period value is identified with the actual value of T thatis applied to Equation 3. Accordingly, the UE and the base stationselect the same DRX period, and the base station determines the PF basedon the DRX period and transmits a paging signal to the UE in the PF.

FIG. 2B shows exemplary PF intervals that are determined according tothe value of nB for T=256. In FIG. 2B, the figures given in the columnsare SFN values. For example, if nB is equal to or greater than T, thebase station transmits a paging signal to the UE at every radio frame(SFN) during the DRX period. Meanwhile, if the nB is less than T, e.g.,nB=T/2, the base station transmits the paging signal to the UE at aninterval of 2 radio frames (SFN 0, SFN 2, SFN 4, . . . ) during the DRXperiod. In the case where nB is less than T, the base station transmitsthe paging signal to the UE at the PFs with even-numbered SFNs.

In the legacy LTE system, the subframes that can be used for paging arefixed in the PF. Such subframes are referred to as paging subframes2-10. The UE monitors a paging subframe for the paging signal destinedfor itself in the PF determined based on Equation 3. The paging subframeis referred to as paging occasion (PO) 2-15. The PO is derived throughEquation 2.i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns  <Equation 2>

Using the value of i_s calculated by Equation 2, it is possible toretrieve the PO of the UE from Tables 2 and 3.

TABLE 2 FDD PO when PO when PO when PO when Ns i_s = 0 i_s = 1 i_s = 2i_s = 3 1 9 N/A N/A N/A 2 4 9 N/A N/A 4 0 4 5 9

TABLE 3 TDD (all UL/DL configurations) PO when PO when PO when PO whenNs i_s = 0 i_s = 1 i_s = 2 i_s = 3 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 2 0 5 N/A N/A 4 0 1 56

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE usingmultiple time slots according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In thenext generation mobile communication system, it is possible to use bothlow and high frequency bands. A below-6 GHz frequency cell forms aservice area with an omnidirectional antenna or sector antennas. This isreferred to as using single beam antennas in the disclosure. In the caseof using a single beam antenna, a signal for paging a UE is broadcast inall directions within the service area; the base station transmits thepaging signal only at one time slot as denoted by reference number 3-10.Meanwhile, an above-6 GHz frequency cell uses a beamforming technologyto increase a radio wave propagation distance to secure an adequateservice area. However, the directional beam-based transmission causesthe UE located outside the beam a problem in transmitting/receiving thesignal, and beam sweeping is employed to overcome the problem. Beamsweeping is a technique that allows a transmitter to transmit adirectional beam with a predetermined beamwidth in all predefineddirections in such a way of sweeping or rotating the beam sequentiallyat a regular interval in order for a receiver located within a beamarrival distance to receive the beam. The beam sweeping technique isuseful for transmitting a signal to a UE in the idle mode because thebase station cannot be aware of the proper direction of beamforming tothe UE, which is difficult to be located in the idle mode. The basestation may not be able to use all beam antennas during a signal timeslot for the reason of transmit power limitation and inter-antennainterference suppression. Accordingly, in order to deliver a pagingsignal to the UE, the base station has to perform the beam sweeping insuch a way of transmitting the paging signal with one beam antenna pertime slot in order as denoted by reference numbers 3-20, 3-25, 3-30, and3-35 or of transmitting the paging signal with two or more beam antennasper time slot in order as denoted by reference numbers 3-40 and 3-45.The disclosure proposes a method for configuring multiple time slots. Itmay be possible to identify a time slot with one or more OFDM symbols, atransmission time interval (TTI), and a subframe.

The disclosure is embodied in embodiment 1-1 for the case where a slotis mapped to a beam antenna and embodiment 1-2 for the case where a slotis mapped to two or more beam antennas.

<Embodiment 1-1>

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE using a POcomposed of multiple time slots in a radio frame according to anembodiment of the disclosure. As described above, multiple time slotsare required for transmitting a paging signal with multiple beamantennas. Unlike the legacy LTE system using a PO consisting of one timeslot, the system according to an embodiment of the disclosure ischaracterized by using a PO consisting of multiple time slots 4-10. Inthis embodiment, a time slot corresponds to a beam antenna, whichtransmits a paging signal only in the corresponding time slot. In thisembodiment, the time slot is referred to as a paging time slot (PTS)4-15. In detail, the PTS denotes a time slot for transmitting a pagingsignal quasi co-located (QCLed) with a synchronization signal/physicalbroadcast channel block (SSB). The SSB includes a primarysynchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal(SSS) for achieving synchronization between a UE and a base station anda physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for acquiring information broadcastwithin a cell. The base station may explicitly notify the UE of themultiple time slots constituting a PO. For the case where the basestation does not explicitly notify the UE of the multiple time slotsconstituting a PO, the disclosure proposes a method for indicating thenumber of PTSs constituting a PO using the highest SSB index. Forexample, the number of PTSs constituting a PO may be indicated by SSBindex+1. In this embodiment, assuming the subcarrier spacing of 30 kHzand the highest SSB index of 3, a PO consists of 4 PTSs as denoted bymultiple time slots 4-10. The nth PTS in the PO may be configured asPTSn-1 as denoted, for example by PTS 4-15. Although 4 PTSs are assignedfor transmission of a signal paging the UE, it is sufficient for the UEto successfully receive the paging signal in one PTS. If the receivedsignal strength of the paging signal is greater than that of a referencesignal in all PTSs, the UE may monitor all of the PTSs or only thePTS(s) corresponding to one or N SSB indices indicating the SSBs withthe best received signal strengths for the paging signal. Because thesame paging signal is transmitted in all of the PTSs constituting a PO,it may be possible to perform soft combining on the multiple PTSs todecode the paging message.

The disclosure proposes DRX operations of UEs in the idle state usingEquation 3 in the next generation mobile communication system. The SFNincreases by 1 for every radio frame. If the paging signal is receivedin the radio frame satisfying Equation 3, the UE performs the receptionoperation according to the DRX configuration. This radio frame isreferred to as paging frame (PF) 4-05.(SFN+offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)  <Equation 3>

Here,

SFN: System Frame Number. 10 bits (MSB 8 bits explicit, LBS 2 bitsimplicit)

T: DRX cycle of the UE. Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {rf32, rf64,rf128, rf256}

N: min(T,nB)

nB: Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16}.

offset: 0, 1 for nB=T/2; 0, 1, . . . , 3 for nB=T/4; 0, 1, . . . , 7 fornB=T/8, 0, 1, . . . , 15 for nB=T/16

UE_ID: IMSI mod 1024 (IMSI is a unique number assigned to a UE)

A master information block (MIB) that is carried by a physical broadcastchannel (PBCH) includes an SFN of 8 bits. The parameters T and nB areincluded in system information block type 2 (SIB2) being transmitted bythe base station. As described above, the base station transmits apaging signal QCLed with SSBs to the UE. Here, the paging signal beingtransmitted from the base station to the UE may befrequency-division-multiplexed (FDMed) or time-division-multiplexed(TDMed) with an SS burst set. Because an SS burst set periodicity may beset to a value selected from {5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 ms}, the basestation transmits the SS burst set to the UE based on the presetperiodicity. As a result, the UE may perform a paging signal receptionoperation according to SS burst set periodicity. Accordingly, thedisclosure proposes a method for configuring the value of nB inassociation with the SS burst set periodicity. Unlike the legacy LTEsystem in which the nB value is selected from {4T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8,T/16, T/32, T/64, T/128, T/256}, the next generation mobilecommunication system is characterized by selecting the nB value from{2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16}. The disclosure proposes a method for thebase station to transmit a paging signal regardless of whether the SFNof the PF is even or odd. As described above, unlike the legacy LTE inwhich the base station transmits a paging signal to the UE if the SFN ofthe PF is always even in the case where NB is less than T, the NR ischaracterized in that the SFN of the PF may be either even or oddbecause the base station transmits the paging signal QCLed with SSBs tothe UE. For example, if the SS burst set periodicity is 40 ms, the basestation may select one of 4 radio frames to transmit the SS burst set tothe UE such that SFN of the radio frame carrying the SS burst set may beeither even or odd. If the base station transmits the paging signalQCLed with the SS burst set to the UE, the UE has to perform the pagingsignal reception based on the SFN of the PF carrying the SS burst set.Accordingly, the disclosure proposes performing the paging signalreception operation based on the paging signal being transmitted in theradio frame satisfying Equation 3 with the introduction of an offset inthe case where nB is less than T. The value of T may be selected from{rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256} where rf32 corresponds to 32 radio frames.That is, rf32 indicates 320 ms. The value of T that is actually appliedto Equation 3 is derived through coordination among the UE, basestation, and MME. The base station provides the UE with a default DRXvalue via SIB as one of system information blocks it broadcasts. If theUE wants a DRX period shorter than that indicated by the default DRXvalue, it may transmit a UE-specific DRX value as a desired DRX value tothe MME through an ATTACH procedure. If it is necessary to page the UE,the MME transmits to the base station the UE-specific DRX value receivedfrom the UE along with a paging message. The UE determines the smallestvalue between the UE-specific DRX value transmitted to the MME and thedefault DRX value received from the base station as the DRX period. Thebase station also determines the smallest value between the UE-specificDRX value received from the MME and the default DRX value it isbroadcasting as the DRX period for the UE. The DRX period value isidentified with the actual value of T that is applied to Equation 3.Accordingly, the UE and the base station select the same DRX period. Thebase station determines the PF using Equation 3 based on the DRX periodand transmits a paging signal to the UE in the PF.

The UE monitors a PO in the PF derived by Equation 3 for the pagingsignal destined therefor as denoted by multiple time slots 4-10. The POis derived by Equation 4.i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns  <Equation 4>

Here, because the value of nB is selected from {2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8,T/16}, Ns becomes 2 for the case where nB is 2T and 1 for the case wherenB is equal to or less than T. Accordingly, Ns may be set to 1 or 2.Because a PO may consist of multiple PTSs as aforementioned, theterminal should know the start point of the PO, i.e., the first PTSwithin the PO, to perform monitoring efficiently for the paging signaldestined therefor. The number of PTSs constituting a PO is identicalwith the number of slots/symbols of the remaining minimum systeminformation (RMSI) being transmitted from the base station to the UE.The RMSI is system information including partial information of SIB1 andSIB2 as specified in LTE, and the base station broadcasts the RMSIperiodically. The disclosure proposes a method for transmitting a pagingsignal FDMed with the RMSI to a UE. As described above, the base stationmay transmit the paging signal FDMed or TDMed with SSBs. In the casewhere the paging signal is FDMed, the UE may derive the first PTS withinthe PO derived as above from the start time of the RMSI. In the casewhere the paging signal is TDMed, if the start time of the RMSI isfixed, the UE may derive the first PTS within the PO derived as abovefrom the start time of the RMSI. In the case where the paging signal isTDMed, if the start time of the RMSI changes dynamically, the basestation may notify the UE of the start time of the RMSI. Alternatively,if the base station transmits the paging signal to the UE in a slotdifferent from that carrying the RMSI for flexibility, the base stationmay notify the UE of the first slot carrying the paging signal withinthe PO. The disclosure proposes a method for a UE to perform monitoringfor a paging signal with Table 4.

TABLE 4 The first TS of PO when The first TS of PO when Ns i_s = 0 i_s =1 1 The first TS of RMSI if N/A starting slot is not signaled Startingslot if signaled 2 The first TS of the first The first TS of the RMSIsecond RMSI Starting slot if signaled Starting slot if signaled

FIG. 5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for paging a UEusing multiple time slots according to embodiment 101 of the disclosure.

The UE 5-05 receives system information from a base station 5-10 at step5-15, the system information including a number of time slotscorresponding to multi-beam antennas and values of T and nB aspaging-related configuration information. Here, the number of time slotscorresponding to multi-beam antennas may not be included in the systeminformation. The time slot information is provided in the cellsupporting the multi-beam antennas but is not necessary to be providedin the cell supporting single-beam antennas. Accordingly, a cell whichprovides the above information as part of the system information may beregarded as a cell supporting multi-beam antennas. The UE acquires thetime slot information from the system information to ascertain thenumber of beam antennas at step 5-20 and prepares, at step 5-25, forreceiving a paging signal from multi-beam antennas. If the systeminformation does not include the number of time slots, the UE monitorsan SSB to ascertain the number of beam antennas at step 5-20. At step5-25, the UE prepares for receiving a paging signal from multiple beamantennas based on the number of beam antennas being equal to or greaterthan 2 or from a single beam antenna based on the number of beamantennas being less than 2. In the case of receiving a paging signalfrom a signal beam antenna, the paging signal reception operation isidentical with that in the legacy LTE system in which the paging signalreception operation is performed at one PO consisting of one slot in onePF. In the case of receiving a paging signal from multi-beam antennas,the paging signal reception operation may vary according to the unit oftime slot; in order for the UE to receive the paging signal in one POconsisting of multiple time slots in one PF, the base station transmitsthe paging signal in each of time slots constituting the PO at step5-30. However, it may be sufficient for a UE to monitor time slotscorresponding to one or N best beams for the paging signal at step 5-35.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a UE operation according toembodiment 1-1 of the disclosure.

The UE receives system information from a base station at step 6-05, thesystem information including a number of time slots corresponding tomulti-beam antennas and values of T and nB as paging-relatedconfiguration information. At step 6-10, the UE determines to receive apaging signal from multi-beam antennas for the case where the systeminformation includes time slot information and from a single beamantenna for the case where the system information does not include thetime slot information. Furthermore, at step 6-10, the UE may monitor anSSB for the number of beam antennas to determine to receive a pagingsignal from multi-beam antennas for the case where the number of beamantennas is equal to or greater than 2 and from a single beam antennafor the case where the number of beam antennas is less than 2. If the UEdetermines to receive a paging signal from a single beam antenna, itderives a PF and a PO, at step 6-15, by using the legacy LTE pagingformula. If the UE determines to receive a paging signal from multi-beamantennas, it may derive the number of PTSs constituting a PO, at step6-20, through a formula of highest SSB index+1. After deriving the PFand PO through the paging formula proposed in the disclosure at step6-20, the UE derives the first PTS in the PO. At step 6-25, the UEmonitors the time slots corresponding to one or N best beams for apaging signal.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a base station operation according toembodiment 1-1 of the disclosure.

At step 7-05, the base station sets nB (or Ns) to a value that makes thetotal beam sweeping period of all POs within a PF shorter than the timeduration of the corresponding PF. At step 7-10, the base station setsthe PTS start time point interval of the POs within the PF to be equalto or greater than the beam sweeping period. At step 7-15, the basestation notifies the UE of the number of time slots corresponding to themulti-beam antennas and values of T and nB corresponding to thepaging-related configuration information via system information. At step7-20, the base station transmits the same paging message atpredetermined PTSs according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a UE accordingto embodiment 1-1 of the present invention.

In reference to FIG. 8 , the UE includes a radio frequency (RF)processor 8-10, a baseband processor 8-20, a storage unit 8-30, and acontroller 8-40.

The RF processor 8-10 has a function for transmitting/receiving a signalover a radio channel such as band conversion and amplification of thesignal. That is, the RF processor 8-10 up-converts a baseband signalfrom the baseband processor 8-20 to an RF band signal and transmits theRF signal via an antenna and down-converts the RF signal received viathe antenna to a baseband signal. For example, the RF processor 8-10 mayinclude a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, amixer, an oscillator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and ananalog-to-digital converter (ADC). Although one antenna is depicted inthe drawing, the UE may be provided with a plurality of antennas. The RFprocessor 8-10 may also include a plurality of RF chains. The RFprocessor 8-10 may perform beamforming. For beamforming, the RFprocessor 8-10 may adjust the phase and size of a signal to betransmitted/received by means of the antennas or antenna elements. TheRF processor 8-10 may be configured to support a MIMO scheme with whichthe UE can receive multiple layers simultaneously.

The baseband processor 8-20 has a baseband signal-bit string conversionfunction according to a physical layer standard of the system. Forexample, in a data transmission mode, the baseband processor 8-20performs encoding and modulation on the transmission bit string togenerate complex symbols. In a data reception mode, the basebandprocessor 8-20 performs demodulation and decoding on the baseband signalfrom the RF processor 8-10 to recover the transmitted bit string. In thecase of using an OFDM scheme for data transmission, the basebandprocessor 8-20 performs encoding and modulation on the transmission bitstring to generate complex symbols, maps the complex symbols tosubcarriers, performs inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on thesymbols, and inserts a cyclic prefix (CP) into the symbols to generateOFDM symbols. In the data reception mode, the baseband processor 8-20splits the baseband signal from the RF processor 8-10 into OFDM symbols,performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the OFDM symbols to recover thesignals mapped to the subcarriers, and performs demodulation anddecoding on the signals to recover the transmitted bit string.

The baseband processor 8-20 and the RF processor 8-10 process thetransmission and reception signals as described above. Accordingly, thebaseband processor 8-20 and the RF processor 8-10 may be referred to asa transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver, or a communication unit. Atleast one of the baseband processor 8-20 and the RF processor 8-10 mayinclude a plurality of communication modules for supporting differentradio access technologies. At least one of the baseband processor 8-20and the RF processor 8-10 may also include multiple communicationmodules for processing the signals in different frequency bands. Forexample, the different radio access technologies may include a wirelesslocal area network (WLAN) (e.g., Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE) 802.11) and a cellular network (e.g., LTE). Thedifferent frequency bands may include a super high frequency (SHF) band(e.g., 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz bands) and an mmWave band (e.g., 60 GHz).

The storage unit 8-30 stores data such as basic programs for operationof the UE, application programs, and setting information. The storageunit 8-30 may also store the information on a second access node forradio communication with a second radio access technology. The storageunit 8-30 provides the stored information in response to a request fromthe controller 8-40.

The controller 8-40 controls overall operations of the UE. For example,the controller 8-40 controls the baseband processor 8-20 and the RFprocessor 8-10 for transmitting and receiving signals. The controller8-40 writes and reads data to and from the storage unit 8-30. For thispurpose, the controller 8-40 may include at least one processor. Forexample, the controller 8-40 may include a communication processor (CP)for controlling communications and an application processor (AP) forcontrolling higher layer programs such as applications.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a base stationin a wireless communication system according to embodiment 1-1 of thedisclosure.

As shown in the drawing the base station includes an RF processor 9-10,a baseband processor 9-20, a backhaul communication unit 9-30, a storageunit 9-40, and a controller 9-50.

The RF processor 9-10 has a function for transmitting/receiving a signalover a radio channel such as band conversion and amplification of thesignal. That is, the RF processor 9-10 up-converts a baseband signalfrom the baseband processor 9-20 to an RF band signal and transmits theRF signal via an antenna and down-converts the RF signal received viathe antenna to a baseband signal. For example, the RF processor 9-10 mayinclude a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, amixer, an oscillator, a DAC, and an ADC. Although one antenna isdepicted in the drawing, the base station may be provided with aplurality of antennas. The RF processor 9-10 may also include aplurality of RF chains. The RF processor 1 i-10 may perform beamforming.For beamforming, the RF processor 9-10 may adjust the phase and size ofa signal to be transmitted/received by means of the antennas or antennaelements. The RF processor 9-10 may be configured to transmit one ormore layers for a downlink MIMO operation.

The baseband processor 9-20 has a baseband signal-bit string conversionfunction according to a physical layer standard of the system. Forexample, in a data transmission mode, the baseband processor 9-20performs encoding and modulation on the transmission bit string togenerate complex symbols. In a data reception mode, the basebandprocessor 9-20 performs demodulation and decoding on the baseband signalfrom the RF processor 9-10 to recover the transmitted bit string. In thecase of using an OFDM scheme for data transmission, the basebandprocessor 9-20 performs encoding and modulation on the transmission bitstring to generate complex symbols, maps the complex symbols tosubcarriers, performs inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on thesymbols, and inserts a cyclic prefix (CP) into the symbols to generateOFDM symbols. In the data reception mode, the baseband processor 9-20splits the baseband signal from the RF processor 9-10 into OFDM symbols,performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the OFDM symbols to recover thesignals mapped to the subcarriers, and performs demodulation anddecoding on the signals to recover the transmitted bit string. Thebaseband processor 9-20 and the RF processor 9-10 process thetransmission and reception signals as described above. Accordingly, thebaseband processor 9-20 and the RF processor 9-10 may be referred to asa transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver, or a communication unit.

The backhaul communication unit 9-30 provides an interface forcommunication with other nodes in the network. That is, the backhaulcommunication unit 9-30 converts a bit string to be transmitted from thebase station to another node, e.g., another base station and corenetwork, to a physical signal and converts a physical signal receivedfrom another node to a bit string.

The storage unit 9-40 stores data such as basic programs for operationof the base station, application programs, and setting information. Thestorage unit 9-40 may also store the information on the bearersestablished for UEs and measurement results reported by the connectedUEs. The storage unit 9-40 may also store the information for use by aUE in determining whether to enable or disable multi-connectivity. Thestorage unit 9-40 may provide the stored data in reference to a requestfrom the controller 9-50.

The controller 9-50 controls overall operations of the base station. Forexample, the controller 9-50 controls the baseband processor 9-20, theRF processor 9-10, and the backhaul communication unit 9-30 fortransmitting and receiving signals. The controller 9-50 writes and readsdata to and from the storage unit 9-40. For this purpose, the controller9-50 may include at least one processor.

Embodiment 1-2

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation of paging a UE usingmultiple time slots in a radio frame according to an embodiment of thedisclosure. As described above, multiple time slots are required fortransmitting a paging signal even in the case of using multi-beamantennas. Unlike the legacy LTE system using a PO consisting of one timeslot, the system according to an embodiment of the disclosure ischaracterized by the existence of multiple time slots in one PO asdenoted by reference number 10-10. In this embodiment, each time slotcorresponds to multiple beam antennas, and two or more beam antennastransmit the paging signal in one time slot. In this embodiment, a timeslot is referred to as paging time slot (PTS) 10-15. In detail, the PTSdenotes a time slot for transmitting a paging signal quasi co-located(QCLed) with a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block(SSBs) corresponding to multiple beam antennas. The SSB includes aprimary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronizationsignal (SSS) for achieving synchronization between a UE and a basestation and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for acquiringinformation broadcast within a cell. The base station may explicitlynotify the UE of the multiple time slots constituting a PO. Thedisclosure proposes a method for indicating the number of PTSsconstituting a PO using the highest SSB index and the number of SSBsmapped to one time slot. For example, the number of PTSs constituting aPO may be indicated by (highest SSB index+1/number of SSBs mapped to onetime slot). In this embodiment, assuming the subcarrier spacing of 30kHz and the highest SSB index of 3 and 2 SSBs mapped to one time slot, aPO consists of 2 PTSs as denoted by reference number 10-10. The nth PTSin the PO may be configured as PTSn-1 as denoted, for example by PTS10-15. Although 2 PTSs are assigned for transmission of a signal pagingthe UE, it is sufficient for the UE to successfully receive the pagingsignal in one PTS. If the received signal strength of the paging signalis greater than that of a reference signal in all PTSs, the UE maymonitor all of the PTSs or only the PTS(s) corresponding to one or N SSBindices indicating the SSBs with the best received signal strengths forthe paging signal. Because the same paging signal is transmitted in themultiple PTSs constituting a PO, it may be possible to perform softcombining on the multiple PTSs to decode the paging message.

The disclosure proposes DRX operations of UEs in the idle state usingEquation 5 in the next generation mobile communication system. The SFNincreases by 1 for every radio frame. If the paging signal is receivedin the radio frame satisfying Equation 5, the UE performs the receptionoperation according to the DRX configuration. This radio frame isreferred to as paging frame (PF) 10-05.(SFN+offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)  <Equation 5>

Here,

SFN: System Frame Number. 10 bits (MSB 8 bits explicit, LBS 2 bitsimplicit)

T: DRX cycle of the UE. Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {rf32, rf64,rf128, rf256}

N: min(T,nB)

nB: Transmitted on SIB2. ENUMERATED {2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16}.

offset: 0, 1, for nB=T/2; 0, 1, . . . , 3 for nB=T/4; 0, 1, . . . , 7for nB=T/8, 0, 1, . . . , 15 for nB=T/16

UE_ID: IMSI mod 1024 (IMSI is a unique number assigned to a UE)

A master information block (MIB) that is carried by a physical broadcastchannel (PBCH) includes an 8-bit SFN. The parameters T and nB areincluded in system information block type 2 (SIB2) being transmitted bythe base station.

As described above, the base station transmits a paging signal QCLedwith SSBs to the UE. Here, the paging signal being transmitted from thebase station to the UE may be frequency-division-multiplexed (FDMed) ortime-division-multiplexed (TDMed) with an SS burst set. Because an SSburst set periodicity may be set to a value selected from {5, 10, 20,40, 80, 160 ms}, the base station transmits the SS burst set to the UEbased on the preset periodicity. As a result, the UE may perform apaging signal reception operation according to SS burst set periodicity.Accordingly, the disclosure proposes a method for configuring the valueof nB in association with the SS burst set periodicity. Unlike thelegacy LTE system in which the nB value is selected from {4T, T, T/2,T/4, T/8, T/16, T/32, T/64, T/128, T/256}, the next generation mobilecommunication system is characterized by selecting the nB value from{2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16}. The disclosure proposes a method for thebase station to transmit a paging signal regardless of whether the SFNof the PF is even or odd. As described above, unlike the legacy LTE inwhich the base station transmits a paging signal to the UE if the SFN ofthe PF is always even in the case where NB is less than T, the NR ischaracterized in that the SFN of the PF may be either even or oddbecause the base station transmits the paging signal QCLed with SSBs tothe UE. For example, if the SS burst set periodicity is 40 ms, the basestation may select one of 4 radio frames to transmit the SS burst set tothe UE such that the SFN of the radio frame carrying the SS burst setmay be either even or odd. If the base station transmits the pagingsignal QCLed with the SS burst set to the UE, the UE has to perform thepaging signal reception based on the SFN of the PF carrying the SS burstset. Accordingly, the disclosure proposes performing the paging signalreception operation based on the paging signal being transmitted in theradio frame satisfying Equation 5 with the introduction of an offset inthe case where nB is less than T. The value of T may be selected from{rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256} where rf32 corresponds to 32 radio frames.That is, rf32 indicates 320 ms. The value of T that is actually appliedto Equation 5 is derived through coordination among the UE, basestation, and MME. The base station provides the UE with a default DRXvalue via SIB as one of system information blocks it broadcasts. If theUE wants a DRX period shorter than that indicated by the default DRXvalue, it may transmit a UE-specific DRX value as a desired DRX value tothe MME through an ATTACH procedure. If it is necessary to page the UE,the MME transmits to the base station the UE-specific DRX value receivedfrom the UE along with a paging message. The UE determines the smallestvalue between the UE-specific DRX value transmitted to the MME and thedefault DRX value received from the base station as the DRX period. Thebase station also determines the smallest value between the UE-specificDRX value received from the MME and the default DRX value it isbroadcasting as the DRX period for the UE. The DRX period value isidentified with the actual value of T that is applied to Equation 5.Accordingly, the UE and the base station select the same DRX period. Thebase station determines the PF using Equation 5 based on the DRX periodand transmits a paging signal to the UE in the PF.

The UE monitors a PO in the PF derived by Equation 5 for the pagingsignal destined therefor as denoted by reference number 10-10. The PO isderived by Equation 6.i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns  <Equation 6>

Here, because the value of nB is selected from {2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8,T/16}, Ns becomes 2 for the case where nB is 2T and 1 for the case wherenB is equal to or less than T. Accordingly, Ns may be set to 1 or 2.Because a PO may consist of multiple PTSs as aforementioned, theterminal should know the start point of the PO, i.e., the first PTSwithin the PO, to perform monitoring efficiently for the paging signaldestined therefor. The number of PTSs constituting a PO is identicalwith the number of slots/symbols of the remaining minimum systeminformation (RMSI) being transmitted from the base station to the UE.The RMSI is system information including partial information of SIB1 andSIB2 as specified in LTE, and the base station broadcasts the RMSIperiodically. The disclosure proposes a method for transmitting a pagingsignal FDMed with the RMSI to a UE. As described above, the base stationmay transmit the paging signal FDMed or TDMed with SSBs. In the casewhere the paging signal is FDMed, the UE may derive the first PTS withinthe PO derived as above from the start time of the RMSI. In the casewhere the paging signal is TDMed, if the start time of the RMSI isfixed, the UE may derive the first PTS within the PO derived as abovefrom the start time of the RMSI. In the case where the paging signal isTDMed, if the start time of the RMSI changes dynamically, the basestation may notify the UE of the start time of the RMSI. Alternatively,if the base station transmits the paging signal to the UE in a slotdifferent from that carrying the RMSI for flexibility, the base stationmay notify the UE of the first slot carrying the paging signal withinthe PO. The disclosure proposes a method for a UE to perform monitoringfor a paging signal with Table 5.

TABLE 5 The first TS of PO when The first TS of PO when Ns i_s = 0 i_s =1 1 The first TS of RMSI if N/A starting slot is not signaled Startingslot if signaled 2 The first TS of the first The first TS of the RMSIsecond RMSI Starting slot if signaled Starting slot if signaled

The procedure for paging a UE using multiple time slots is performed ina similar manner to that of embodiment 1-1 depicted in the flowchart ofFIG. 6 .

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a UE operation according to anembodiment of the disclosure.

The UE receives system information from a base station at step 11-05,the system information including a number of time slots corresponding tomulti-beam antennas and values of T and nB as paging-relatedconfiguration information. At step 11-10, the UE determines to receive apaging signal from multi-beam antennas for the case where the systeminformation includes time slot information and from a single beamantenna for the case where the system information does not include thetime slot information. Furthermore, at step 11-10, the UE may monitor anSSB for the number of beam antennas to determine to receive a pagingsignal from multi-beam antennas for the case where the number of beamantennas is equal to or greater than 2 and from a single beam antennafor the case where the number of beam antennas is less than 2. If the UEdetermines to receive a paging signal from a single beam antenna, itderives a PF and a PO, at step 11-15, by using the legacy LTE pagingformula. If the UE determines to receive a paging signal from multi-beamantennas, it may derive the number of PTSs constituting a PO, at step11-20, through a formula of highest SSB index+1/number of SSBs mapped toone PTS. After deriving the PF and PO through the paging formulaproposed in the disclosure at step 10-20, the UE derives the first PTSin the PO. At step 11-25, the UE monitors the time slots correspondingto one or N best beams for a paging signal.

The base station operation is performed in a similar manner to that ofembodiment 1-1 (FIG. 7 ).

The UE has the same configuration as that of embodiment 1-1 (FIG. 8 ).

The base station of the wireless communication system has the sameconfiguration as that of embodiment 1-1 (FIG. 9 ).

As described above, the disclosure is advantageous in terms offacilitating transmission and reception of a paging message in a nextgeneration mobile communication system.

The embodiments disclosed in the specification and drawings are proposedto help explain and understand the disclosure rather than to limit thescope of the disclosure. It is obvious to those skilled in the art thatvarious modifications and changes can be made thereto without departingfrom the broader spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, theindividual embodiments may be combined to form further embodiments. Forexample, parts of the embodiments of the disclosure may be combined toimplement operations of the base station and UE.

Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been describedusing specific terms, the specification and drawings are to be regardedin an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense in order to helpunderstand the present invention. It is obvious to those skilled in theart that various modifications and changes can be made thereto withoutdeparting from the broader spirit and scope of the invention.

Although the present disclosure has been described with variousembodiments, various changes and modifications may be suggested to oneskilled in the art. It is intended that the present disclosure encompasssuch changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method performed by a terminal in a wirelesscommunication system, the method comprising: identifying a paging frameincluding one or more paging occasions, based on an offset associatedwith the paging frame, a system frame number, and a discontinuousreception (DRX) cycle of the terminal; identifying an index for a pagingoccasion to be monitored based on a number of the one or more pagingoccasions included in the paging frame; and monitoring the pagingoccasion based on the index for the paging occasion, wherein the pagingoccasion includes multiple time slots, and a number of the multiple timeslots is identified based on a subcarrier spacing, and wherein thepaging frame is further identified based on:(SFN+Offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N), where SFN is the system framenumber, Offset is the offset associated with the paging frame, T is theDRX cycle of the terminal, N is a number of total paging frames in theT, and UE_ID is a mobile subscriber identity mod
 1024. 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein, in case that the number of the one or more pagingoccasions is 2, a first paging occasion is included in a first halfframe of the paging frame and a second paging occasion is included in asecond half frame of the paging frame.
 3. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving, from a base station, information for a startingmonitoring occasion of the paging occasion, wherein the monitoringstarts from a monitoring occasion identified based on the informationfor the starting monitoring occasion.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein,in case that the information for the starting monitoring occasion is notreceived, the monitoring starts from a first monitoring occasion of thepaging occasion.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein information for the Tis received from a base station.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein theindex for the paging occasion is further identified based on:i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns, where i_s is the index, and Ns is the numberof the one or more paging occasions included in the paging frame.
 7. Amethod performed by a base station in a wireless communication system,the method comprising: identifying a paging frame including one or morepaging occasions, based on an offset associated with the paging frame, asystem frame number, and a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of aterminal; identifying an index for a paging occasion to transmit apaging message based on a number of the one or more paging occasionsincluded in the paging frame; and transmitting, to the terminal, thepaging message in the paging occasion based on the index for the pagingoccasion, wherein the paging occasion includes multiple time slots, anda number of the multiple time slots is identified based on a subcarrierspacing, and wherein the paging frame is further identified based on:(SFN+Offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N), where SFN is the system framenumber, Offset is the offset associated with the paging frame, T is theDRX cycle of the terminal, N is a number of total paging frames in theT, and UE_ID is a mobile subscriber identity mod
 1024. 8. The method ofclaim 7, wherein, in case that the number of the one or more pagingoccasions is 2, a first paging occasion is included in a first halfframe of the paging frame and a second paging occasion is included in asecond half frame of the paging frame.
 9. The method of claim 7, furthercomprising: transmitting, to the terminal, information for a startingmonitoring occasion of the paging occasion, wherein the paging occasionis monitored for the paging message starting from a monitoring occasionidentified based on the information for the starting monitoringoccasion.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein, in case that theinformation for the starting monitoring occasion is not transmitted, thepaging occasion is monitored for the paging message starting from afirst monitoring occasion of the paging occasion.
 11. The method ofclaim 7, wherein information for the T is transmitted to the terminal.12. The method of claim 7, wherein the index for the paging occasion isfurther identified based on:i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns, where i_s is the index, and Ns is the numberof the one or more paging occasions included in the paging frame.
 13. Aterminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: atransceiver; and a controller configured to: identify a paging frameincluding one or more paging occasions, based on an offset associatedwith the paging frame, a system frame number, and a discontinuousreception (DRX) cycle of the terminal, identify an index for a pagingoccasion to be monitored based on a number of the one or more pagingoccasions included in the paging frame, and monitor the paging occasionbased on the index for the paging occasion, wherein the paging occasionincludes multiple time slots, and a number of the multiple time slots isidentified based on a subcarrier spacing, and wherein the paging frameis further identified based on:(SFN+Offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N), where SFN is the system framenumber, Offset is the offset associated with the paging frame, T is theDRX cycle of the terminal, N is a number of total paging frames in theT, and UE_ID is a mobile subscriber identity mod
 1024. 14. The terminalof claim 13, wherein, in case that the number of the one or more pagingoccasions is 2, a first paging occasion is included in a first halfframe of the paging frame and a second paging occasion is included in asecond half frame of the paging frame.
 15. The terminal of claim 13,wherein the controller is further configured to: receive, from a basestation, information for a starting monitoring occasion of the pagingoccasion, and wherein the monitoring starts from a monitoring occasionidentified based on the information for the starting monitoringoccasion.
 16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein, in case that theinformation for the starting monitoring occasion is not received, themonitoring starts from a first monitoring occasion of the pagingoccasion.
 17. The terminal of claim 13, wherein information for the T isreceived from a base station.
 18. The terminal of claim 13, wherein theindex for the paging occasion is further identified based on:i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns, where i_s is the index, and Ns is the numberof the one or more paging occasions included in the paging frame.
 19. Abase station in a wireless communication system, the base stationcomprising: a transceiver; and a controller configured to: identify apaging frame including one or more paging occasions, based on an offsetassociated with the paging frame, a system frame number, and adiscontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of a terminal, identify an index fora paging occasion to transmit a paging message based on a number of theone or more paging occasions included in the paging frame, and transmit,to the terminal via the transceiver, the paging message in the pagingoccasion based on the index for the paging occasion, wherein the pagingoccasion includes multiple time slots, and a number of the multiple timeslots is identified based on a subcarrier spacing, and wherein thepaging frame is further identified based on:(SFN+Offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N), where SFN is the system framenumber, Offset is the offset associated with the paging frame, T is theDRX cycle of the terminal, N is a number of total paging frames in theT, and UE_ID is a mobile subscriber identity mod
 1024. 20. The basestation of claim 19, wherein, in case that the number of the one or morepaging occasions is 2, a first paging occasion is included in a firsthalf frame of the paging frame and a second paging occasion is includedin a second half frame of the paging frame.
 21. The base station ofclaim 19, wherein the controller is further configured to: transmit, tothe terminal, information for a starting monitoring occasion of thepaging occasion, and wherein the paging occasion is monitored for thepaging message starting from a monitoring occasion identified based onthe information for the starting monitoring occasion.
 22. The basestation of claim 21, wherein, in case that the information for thestarting monitoring occasion is not transmitted, the paging occasion ismonitored for the paging message starting from a first monitoringoccasion of the paging occasion.
 23. The base station of claim 19,wherein information for the T is transmitted to the terminal.
 24. Thebase station of claim 19, wherein the index for the paging occasion isfurther identified based on:i_s=floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns, where i_s is the index, and Ns is the numberof the one or more paging occasions included in the paging frame.